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Kimmy Gillespie dribbles the ball down the field earlier in the season. Gillespie
scored the first goal of her career in a 1-1 tie at Vanderbilt on Friday.
SEC win eludes Gamecocks
By STEPHANIE PENDRYS
THE GAMECOCK
The USC women’s soccer team concluded
its Homecoming weekend road trip in the same
place it started — still searching for a first SEC
victory. The Gamecocks battled the Vanderbilt
Commodores to a 1-1 tie and lost a
heartbreaker of a game in Lexington, Ky.,
where they were defeated 1-0 by the Kentucky
Wildcats
The Gamecocks clashed with Vanderbilt (3
5-3, 2-1-2 SEC) Friday evening at the
Vanderbilt Soccer Stadium. After a well-played
but scoreless first half, South Carolina struck
first with a header by freshmen midfielder
Kimmy Gillespie.
The goal was Gillespie’s first as a Gamecock
and the result of a well-placed corner kick by
USC midfielder Jessi Swaim. Swaim leads USC
in assists for the 2004 season with five.
But minutes later, Vanderbilt bounced back
with a display of impressive offensive skill.
Meghan Habig, the Commodores’ leading
scorer, knocked a shot past USC net-minder
Thorstenson to even the score at one goal
apiece.
The Vanderbilt goal was assisted by Lea
Lafield, tying Lafield at the top of the SEC in
assists with six.
Neither team was able to find the net again
in the second half or during the extra period,
and USC earned its second-consecutive Friday
night draw. The Gamecocks finished the match
with an 11-10 shot advantage on the evening
with Gillespie, Ashley Kirk, Erin Sullivan and
Amanda Thurber all tallying two shots on the
night. This is the first tie in the South
Carolina-Vanderbilt soccer series.
South Carolina wrapped up the weekend
travels with a Sunday afternoon match in
Lexington, Ky., against the Kentucky Wildcats,
where they were handed a 1-0 loss.
The Wildcats’ first major scoring opportunity
came in the 24th minute of play. Kristin Jedlo
directed a free kick into the penalty box, but
senior midfielder Alii Haeussler headed the ball
well over the crossbar.
The Gamecocks made the mistake of giving
Haeussler too much space in front of the goal
and they paid the price.
Haeussler was successful on her next header
two minutes later after a Wildcat corner kick
bounced off a USC player and in front of the
goal
Haeussler collected the rebound and booted
in the loose ball from four yards out to score
Kentucky’s first goal, its first in three matches.
Gamecock defender Sarah Lentz headed in a
corner kick in the final minute of the first half
and looked like the game would go into halftime
tied at one.
But the goal was nullified by a Gamecock
foul in the penalty box, preserving the 1-0
Wildcat lead.
Lentz continued her aggressive play in the
second half and headed a pair of corner kicks
toward the UK net in the 51st and 72nd
minutes, but Kentucky goalkeeper Liz Butler
recorded saves on each occasion.
South Carolina controlled possession
throughout the second half and had a number
of goal-scoring chances, tallying nine second
half shots to Kentucky’s two. South Carolina
had one last chance to tie in the closing seconds,
but Butler escaped her box and swatted away a
shot by USC’s Amanda Thurber as time
expired.
Butler corralled seven saves and was aided by
a united Wildcat defensive effort, as the Cats
turned away six corner kicks in the second half
to preserve the shutout. Kentucky almost
doubled South Carolina’s shot total in the
game, collecting 13 to USC’s seven.
Gamecock goalie Lindsay Thorstenson
finished the game with three saves, and Liz
Butler collected seven saves for the Wildcats.
Kentucky improves to 6-6-1 and 3-2-1 in
the SEC while South Carolina drops to 6-7-2
and 0-4-2 in the SEC.
The Gamecocks look to notch their first
SEC victory and to improve their ranking for
the upcoming SEC Tournament during a home
stand this weekend against a pair of conference
foes from the Magnolia state, Mississippi and
Mississippi State.
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Carolina demolishes
Magnolia State foes
By MEGAN GIBSON
THE GAMECOCK
The Gamecocks had an impressive
showing this past weekend in
Mississippi as they defeated both Ole
Miss and Mississippi State to improve
their overall record to 10-5 and their
SEC record to an even 3-3.
Carolina first faced the Ole Miss
Rebels on Friday night in Oxford.
They defeated Ole Miss in four games
(30-26, 30-27, 31-33, 30-21) to add to
their 16-game winning streak against
the Rebels.
In game one, junior Lauren Ford led
the defense with a career-high 10 block
assists and three solo blocks. The team
also recorded a season-high 21 blocks
for the match.
“Our blocking was what won the
match for us tonight,” USC head coach
Kim Hudson said. “Lauren Ford did an
excellent job tonight.”
In the second game of the match,
sophomore Shonda Cole recorded six
kills to post her 200th kill of the season
and add to her impressive total of 487
career kills.
The third game proved to be the
nail-biter of the match as the Rebels
tied up the score at 30-30. Cole put the
Gamecocks ahead on a kill before Ole
Miss retaliated with a kill and a service
ace to pull out the win and force
Carolina into a fourth game.
In game four, the Gamecocks led by
as many as 10 points before the Rebels
began closing the gap.
However, Carolina didn’t let go and
finished out the game 30-21 and the
match 3-1.
The women then traveled to
Starkville, Miss., Sunday where they
met the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
At their first encounter of the
season in Columbia, the Gamecocks
fell to Mississippi State in three close
games. However, the Gamecocks
surprised the Bulldogs and swept the
match in three straight games (35-33,
30-14, 30-19).
The Gamecocks posted high
numbers with sophomore setters
Katelyn Panzau and Iris Santos
combining for 36 of the 40 assists. Ford
and Cole each had 10 kills, and Ford
added six blocks.
The first game proved to be the
deciding factor for the momentum of
the rest of the match.
The Gamecocks fought hard for
the win, pushing the score all the way
up to 35-33. The two teams tied at
28-28 on a service ace by Bulldog
Megan Lukasek, then tied five more
times before Carolina was able to
capitalize on Mississippi State’s
unforced errors and clinch the win on
a kill by Cole.
“It is good to feel like we are on
track again,” Hudson said. “Game one
was so critical in our mental toughness
and our team chemistry. I am very
pleased with how we fought through
that.”
In game two, the Gamecocks went
errorless, recording 11 kills and zero
errors in 20 attempts.
Ford had three kills and a .600 kill
percentage while Santos posted two
and a .667 percentage.
In the third and final game, the
Gamecocks again recorded impressive
numbers. As a team Carolina hit .281
and held the Bulldogs to only .024
while out-blocking them 9-0.
The Gamecocks next match is
Friday when they travel to Tuscaloosa
to face SEC opponent Alabama.
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■ CLARY
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only had a great catch, but he did an
outstanding job blocking up field.
What more can you say except that
it is now over with and we have to
move forward. We’re now just past the
halfway point of the season and to get
bowl eligible, we have to win two more
games. I don’t know about you, but
my attitude the rest of the year will not
be what does it take to be bowl eligible,
but what will it take to win as many
games as possible.
The past two seasons, we’ve tried so
hard to get that sixth win, but failed every
time. I think we’re better than that this
year. So much better in fact that I still
believe we can win eight games this year.
Don’t let one bad game set the tone
for the rest of the year. We’ve played five
good games and I know we can play five
more even better. So we got the bad one
out of our system and sure it would have
been nice to come out on top. However,
instead of dwelling on the loss, let’s stay
positive about the rest of the year.
Look on the bright side: Clemson is
1-4.
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■ BROOM
Continued from page 9
seen was seated around a green table
playing a card game. On television!
Where did they get these people? It
looked like a poker game broke out
during a Star Trek convention.
I wasn’t exactly sure what to do. I
go from two guys in short shorts
playing table tennis to a bunch of
nerds trying to calculate the odds of
a guy they call “Jesus” Ferguson
having a pair of eights.
I’m not really sure where I
wanted to go with this column. It
started as a way for me to vent a
■ FOOTBALL
Continued from page 12
goal.
“With seven seconds, you got a
shot from the 12-yard line unless you
scramble,” Holtz said.
Working from the shotgun,
Newton did scramble. When his pass
was dropped by Whiteside in the end
zone, there was no time remaining.
“Hindsight, looking back, we
probably should have kicked the field
goal,” Holtz said.
USC tied the gam£ 21-21 on a 33
yard touchdown pass from Newton to
Williamson with 7:25 remaining in
the third quarter. Williamson finished
the game with four catches for 74
yards, but had a 59-yard catch negated
on the drive because of a holding
penalty on center John Strickland.
Penalties plagued the Gamecocks.
After not being flagged at all last week
at Alabama, USC was whisded six times
for 48 yards against Ole Miss, some of
which hurt the team’s field position.
“We had terrible field position,”
Holtz said. “We started inside our 10
yard line I don’t know how many
times.”
Ole Miss regained the lead 24-21
on a 25-yard field goal by Jonathan
Nichols with five seconds left in the
third quarter. Demetrii Summers was
quick to change that. The sophomore
tailback, hampered by injury much of
the season, ran 17 yards for a
touchdown to give USC its first lead at
28-24 and set up Flatt’s late heroics.
Daccus Turman was stopped short
of a first down late in the fourth
quarter, and USC was forced to punt
with just 2:22 remaining. Starting
from his own 27-yard line, Flan
completed passes of 23 and 21 yards
before throwing three consecutive
incomplete passes to bring up fourth
down. Holtz said he believed he had
the right coverage called on the play.
“We were in four deep,” Holtz said.
“Which is about as good as you can be
in.”
Flowers slipped behind the
coverage down the sideline and was
able to haul in Flan’s pass for the
winning margin. >
Holtz had a straightforward answer
for why his team lost the gam?.
“You win close games when
everybody does what they’re supposed
to do,” Holtz said. “It’s not the players
fault, don’t get me wrong. I made
enough mistakes to last me a lifetime.”
Williamson thinks the team was
simply caught off guard by the level at
which the Rebels played.
“We didn’t know they would come
out and play that hard,” Williamson
said. “I don’t think 1 saw that team on
film.
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litue, ana i guess tnat is now it will
end, too. But if you ever see a guy
wandering around campus with a
remote' control in his hand and a
stunned look on his face — it is
probably me. Just point me toward
the nearest sports bar and act like
nothing happened.
■ DEFENSE
Continued from page 12
that situation.
“When you feel like you’re a
good defense and you have the
momentum going your way, you
don’t ever want to let anyone score
on you,” Wilson said. “Your
chances are always good when it’s
fourth-and-long. Fourth-and-one
and your chances are good.”
The play of the defense caused
questions to stir in the post-game
conference about a possible
letdown by USC.
“As a team we came out flat,”
cornerback Taqiy Muhammad said.
“We weren’t as hyped up as we were
supposed to be. They came out fired
up and they put points up. We did
the best we could and tried to rally,
but sometimes things just don’t go
the way you want them to go.”
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